I always believed religion was incompatible with a society rooted in addressing material reality, although I know we have have religious users and wanted to hear people's takes.

  • Ithorian [comrade/them, null/void]
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    9 months ago

    From an intro to a book on modern druids (what I consider my self)

    “We (Druids) therefore recognize that our individuality is only an illusion, or a temporary state while we are in physical bodies. We are therefore not subordinate to anyone or anything, but rather interdependent upon each other. We recognize that if one person hurts, everyone hurts, if one person is homeless, everyone is affected by that state, that the good of the many outweighs the good of the few. So certain political philosophies, such as libertarianism, are anathema to us. Selfishness is the greatest evil there is. We really are our brothers keeper as he is ours."

    I think that quote probably captures how a lot of us feel. Capitalism is in direct contradiction to that way of thinking. If we feel that all people are equals, all deserving of respect and compassion then the exploitation and suffering caused by the capitalist class must be opposed by us. And if you believe that you're connected to all living things then seeing your self as part of a collective is natural. Druidism is basically green anarchy with extra steps.

    • SnowySkyes
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      9 months ago

      Seems a lot better than the one intro book I read that had a lot of liberal ideology infused into it. Something like taking a fully passive approach to a worldview and not doing harm to others. To be fair, I think it was the one written by the founder of AODA.

        • SnowySkyes
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          9 months ago

          Just looking at their website repels me immediately. They seem to have a structure that is like a variant of christianity and I just want nothing to do with them. Right now I'm taking courses from OBOD. Not too far into the bardic grade, but I am working on it. They don't seem like that thus far. Seem more or less like "Here's what we do, do what you want" sort of ordeal from what I've seen so far.

          • Ithorian [comrade/them, null/void]
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            9 months ago

            thats really cool. I've thought about taking some of their courses. No real interest in joining but I am sure I have a lot to learn.

            • SnowySkyes
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              9 months ago

              Don’t we all? I’m not certain the learning ever ceases.

              Out of curiosity, what book is it that you read? I’m trying to absorb as much Druidry as possible as that’s the path I believe is right for me. There’s never a such thing as too much info either imo.

              • Ithorian [comrade/them, null/void]
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                9 months ago

                I can't remember what book it was. I just thought the quote was perfect enough I saved it but since I'm not ejimakated I forgot to save the source. I do really like my Druid animal oracle It has a lot of good stuff in the book and I never really learned taro but I like the way this deck works.

                I'm always down to talk druid and pagan stuff, I'm on discord (ithorianpriest) if you ever want to hit me up.

                • SnowySkyes
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                  9 months ago

                  Aww hell yeah. I’ll add you and send a message your way once I get better.